Lucifer Box is always a fun read. While not the best of three, still has a lot of hilarious moments and is a great ending to the trilogy. I hope Gatiss writes more from Box's younger years (though I won't hold my breath). ( )

Seeks to entertain and succeeds admirably.

This is my first foray with Sienna Minx and I was not disappointed. I was on the fence at first but once I finished the sample, I knew I had to purchase this book. I've been waiting for a story like to be written. We meet Sydney, a twenty-something aspiring dancer who is searching for a break in her life. She's on her way to audition and sprains her ankle. While on her audition, she gives herself a pep talk, she's overheard by Nolen Adams. Nolen Adams is twenty-seven, a genius with the IQ to back it up, Wall Street worker who is thinking of financing the show Sydney's auditioning for. These two would have never met otherwise as they do not run in the same circles. Without delving into to spoilers, this day begins a wild ride into a relationship with some bumps along the way.

Now, where this book wins is while this is not a unique plot (poor girl meets rich man and voila they're in love), Sienna gives dabs of differences here and there without getting into fantasy proportions (I've read some far-fetched stories but will not name those stories...because I choose to wipe them from my memory)

PROS: Character development...each of character had enough depth to support this story and their reactions were believable. It did not feel as if they were added just to write a juicy plot.

***P.S. sex scenes were SCORCHING!

CONS: Typos...It might be a little distracting for grammar sticklers out there. But it did not distract from Ms. Minx's story nor were they found in every other sentence

So all in all, this is a keeper and I recommend to those on the fence. Stop reading this and read this story!! ( )

Third and final book in the Lucifer Box trilogy. Lucifer's career is winding down and the Royal Academy, of which he's risen to be its head, is being subsumed by MI6. After attending a funeral for a friend and having his advances spurned by Miss Beveridge, his secretary, he's off to drown his sorrows at the club. Unfortunately his plan is thwarted when an old politician, Sir Vyvyan Hooplah, goes off the rails and starts shooting the place up and steals Lucifer's car for his getaway. Giving chase, Lucifer finally catches up to him when the recklessly attempted escape ends badly and with just enough time to hear his dying words: "Le papillon noir". This event seems to match other recent deaths of prominent people so when Lucifer spots the last person that Hooplah was talking to in the club who has also appeared at the crash site Lucifer decides to follow him. He trails him to the airport, onto a plane headed for Athens and then, despite a friendly warning to desist, a train to Istanbul. Can Lucifer decipher the meaning behind Hooplah's last words and how they relate to the other death's in time for his retirement party?

I enjoyed the first book in the trilogy but felt somewhat let down by it's sequel so my expectations weren't too high going into this third outing for the spoofed up Bondian superspy. It probably lived up to what I was expecting and may have even exceeded them a little after getting past the long-winded set-up. The plot lies somewhere between the aforementioned Bond and an Austin Powers movie involving an enemy from Lucifer's past, a scouting Jamboree and a few exotic locations. While not laugh out loud funny there are a few smirks to be had along the way but if character names such as those already mentioned as well as Kingdom Kum, Whitley Bey and Melissa ffawthawte don't float your boat then it's probably best to steer clear. ( )

Good solid fun. ( )